An easy way to renew your passport without leaving the house

By Kelli Uhrich, Komando.com

Imagine this: You've got everything together for your international trip. The flight is booked, the hotel is reserved, the bags are packed and the excursions are all planned. Except you forgot one thing - you need to update your passport.

How do you go about renewing your passport? You could take a trip to your local post office or DMV and wait in agonizing lines, or you could download the ItsEasy app.

With the ItsEasy app, iPhone users can renew their passports with relative ease, for $29.95. This app will give you everything you need - step by step instructions, the correct government forms, applications, even the shipping labels you'll need. Make your payments from inside the app, better yet, you can take your own passport photo using your phone.

To make the app even more handy, you can use it to remind you when you need to renew, quickly find out if you need a visa before you enter a new country and alert officials if your passport is lost or stolen.

ItsEasy has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau, provides 24/7 customer service support, and is vetted by the U.S. State Department, so you don't have to worry about your sensitive information getting into the wrong hands.